WWE Injury Rumors for Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Jade Cargill and Tonga Loas Operation | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

WWE Injury Rumors for Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre, Jade Cargill and Tonga Loas Operation | News, results, highlights, statistics and rumors

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN – NOVEMBER 18: Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed in action during Monday Night RAW at Van Andel Arena on November 18, 2024 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. (Photo by WWE/Getty Images)

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Reed vs. Rollins was reportedly scheduled for an SNME match before his injury

WWE reportedly had to pull out of a scheduled Saturday night main event match due to an injury to Bronson Reed.

According to PWInsider.com (h/t Steve Carrier of Ringside News), original plans called for Reed and Seth Rollins to culminate their feud with a rubber match on Saturday Night’s Main Event, but Reed is medically ineligible to compete.

Reed made a risky jump from the top of the cage during a WarGames match at Survivor Series, but CM Punk pushed Roman Reigns out of the way, resulting in an awkward landing for Reed.

Then on last week’s episode of SmackDown, it was announced that Reed had suffered a broken foot in the move, and Dave Meltzer suffered it Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t Subhojeet Mukherjee of Ringside News) reported that he is expected to be out for months.

According to PWInsider, the Rollins vs. Reed match has been replaced with Drew McIntyre vs. Sami Zayn, which was announced on Raw this week.

On last week’s episode of Raw, McIntyre made a surprise return after being out for the past few months by knocking out Zayn with a Claymore Kick.

While McIntyre vs. Zayn is a strong replacement, being without Reed for an extended period of time is a huge blow for WWE as he established himself as one of the company’s top heels.

Cargill is reportedly dealing with undisclosed violations

Amid the confusion over Jade Cargill’s status, a new report suggests that she is actually struggling with an injury.

According to Meltzer (h/t Carrier), “someone high up in the food chain” in WWE confirmed that Cargill is injured and has been seeing doctors during her absence from WWE programming.

A few weeks ago on SmackDown, Cargill was shown on the hood of a car. She was taken away in an ambulance and the identity of her attacker remains a mystery.

Due to the injury, Cargill was forced out of the women’s WarGames match at Survivor Series and was subsequently replaced by Bayley.

After the injury angle, PWInsider.com (h/t PWMania) reported that the Cargill violation was not legitimate and was part of a plot that led to even more uncertainty about where it really stood.

Prior to his latest report, Meltzer reported (h/t PWMania) that several stories about Cargill were making the rounds, ranging from an actual breach to a storyline to covering up a “backstage political issue.”

Current evidence suggests that Cargill is indeed injured, although the nature of the injury and the timeline for her return are unclear.

Cargill established herself as one of WWE’s top female superstars and was one half of the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions along with Bianca Belair, who still holds the titles.

WWE would no doubt like to have Cargill back soon with the Royal Rumble coming up in February and WrestleMania 41 in April, and when she returns she will be a huge boost to the women’s division.

Tonga Loa is reportedly undergoing surgery

According to Meltzer (h/t H Jenkins of Ringside News), Bloodline member Tonga Loa has already undergone surgery to repair a torn biceps he sustained at Survivor Series: WarGames.

WWE announced Loa’s injury last week on SmackDown, along with Reed’s broken foot and Jimmy Uso’s broken toe.

The WarGames match between the new Bloodline and the OG Bloodline was an extremely physical and dangerous affair, as evidenced by the fact that 30 percent of the match’s participants sustained injuries.

Meltzer (h/t Mukherjee) reported earlier this week that Loa needed surgery and was expected to be out for seven to eight months.

Loa, 41, was originally signed to WWE from 2009 to 2014 under the names Donny Marlow and Camacho, but after his release from the company he made a splash in New Japan Pro-Wrestling.

Along with his brother Tama Tonga, Loa became a seven-time IWGP Tag Team Champion, which put him back on WWE’s radar.

WWE brought in both Tonga Loa and Tama Tonga as part of the new bloodline this year, and they’ve made an immediate impact, already holding the WWE Tag Team Championships once.

With Loa out for the foreseeable future, the new bloodline only consists of three healthy members: Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga.

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